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Fatality
Friday
Apr 06 |
Lewisport, KY: A worker was killed as the result of a boiler explosion or pipe eruption. More information |
Friday
Apr 06 |
Lewisport, KY: A worker was killed as the result of a boiler explosion or pipe eruption. More information |
Tuesday
Apr 03 |
Green Bay, WI: A collision between a pickup truck and a gasoline tanker truck resulted in a firey explosion at an industrial park. Four people were killed. More information |
Monday
Apr 02 |
Kobe, Japan: Two workers were asphyxiated while checking tanks aboard a gravel-tranport ship. A notice chalked on the tank read “oxygen not yet checked.” More information |
Monday
Apr 02 |
Ashwaubenon, WI: A business jet crashed into a milk bottling plant, setting off an explosion and fire. Seven plant workers were hospitalized, three with critical burns. The pilot, alone aboard the jet, was killed. More information |
Monday
Apr 02 |
Kobe, Japan: Two workers were asphyxiated while checking tanks aboard a gravel-tranport ship. A notice chalked on the tank read “oxygen not yet checked.” More information |
Friday
Mar 30 |
Paterson, N.J.: A worker for a fuel tank repair company was killed in an explosion and fire that destroyed the facility. The worker was using a blow torch at the time of the blast. A second worker was critically injured. More information |
Thursday
Mar 29 |
Barberton, OH: A worker cleaning the interior of a tank trailer was found dead. The tank had been used to transport acronal, an ingredient in semi-gloss paint. More information |
Monday
Mar 19 |
Manila, Philippines: A gasoline tanker truck hit a bus, causing both vehicles to burst into flames. Twelve people aboard the bus and two pedestrians were killed. The truck driver survived. More information |
Sunday
Mar 18 |
Dongguan City, China: An explosion at a plastics factory killed one person and injured 27. An inflammable liquid was being used to clean machines and the floor. More information |
Friday
Mar 16 |
Roncador Oil Field, Brazil: Eleven people died from injuries sustained in explosions aboard Brazil’s largest offshore oil platform. A damaged pillar supporting the 40-story-tall facility caused a 30-degree list. The platform sank four days later. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Shelby, N.C.: A fired worker began shooting into the crowded parking lot at a fiberglass plant, killing an innocent bystander and wounding his intended target. The shooter was later wounded by police. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Cleveland, OH: Four confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s disease, one of them fatal, led company officials to temporarily close an auto casting plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Hay Lakes, Alberta: An oil field worker was killed and another injured in an explosion at an oil battery. Maintenance on a saltwater storage tank was under way at the time of the blast. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Khayelitsha, South Africa: One worker was killed and six injured in an explosion at a shotgun cartridge assembly line. Damage was limited to one small manufacturing room. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Easton, MD: One person was killed by an explosion in a dust collector at a flare plant. The collector was located just outside a concrete block building where chemicals are mixed. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 13 |
Augusta, GA: Three workers were killed in two explosions at a plant that manufactures metal fasteners. Repairs were underway on the unit that exploded. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Gingoog City, Philippines: Four people died and almost 30 others were injured when a fuel tank exploded in a plywood factory. More information |
Thursday
Mar 08 |
Yamburg, Russia: A natural gas pipeline in the Russian Arctic burst during maintenance work, killing three people and severely burning two others. More information |
Sunday
Mar 04 |
Athens, Greece: One worker was killed and three others injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded during repair work on an oil tanker. More information |
Friday
Mar 02 |
Racine, WI: An employee checking the duct work in a tool manufacturing plant found a decomposed body that police theorize was a burglar who got stuck months earlier. More information |
Saturday
Feb 24 |
Dearborn, MI: A private contractor conducting a test on a steam turbine at a steel plant was killed when the turbine ruptured. Another person was injured. More information |
Friday
Feb 16 |
Changsha, China: One worker was killed in an explosion aboard a tanker loaded with 495 tons of gasoline. The tanker was about to raise anchor when the blast occurred. More information |
Friday
Feb 16 |
Aonla, India: A train hauling 47 tank cars of diesel derailed and caught fire. Railroad and oil depot workers managed to save 12 cars and prevented flames from spreading to nearby industry. Three aboard the train were killed. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 14 |
Mount Jewett, PA: An explosion and fire at one of the nation’s largest particleboard manufacturing plants killed one worker and injured nine others. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 13 |
Silver Grove, KY: A worker at a gypsum plant died after his arm became entangled in a machine. More information |
Friday
Feb 09 |
Lubbock, TX: A repairman at a snack food plant died when he fell into a tank of unheated vegetable oil and drowned. He was repairing a float inside the tank. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 06 |
Strazske, Slovakia: One worker was killed and six others injured in an explosion involving nitrous oxide at a chemical factory. More information |
Monday
Feb 05 |
Melrose Park, IL: A former worker convicted of stealing from his employer forced his way into an engine plant and opened fire, killing five, including himself, and injuring four others. More information |
Monday
Feb 05 |
Cambria County, PA: Workers attempting to erect a scaffolding inside a power plant boiler were scalded in a steam explosion that killed one and injured three others. More information |
Friday
Feb 02 |
Burns Harbor, IN: An explosion and fire at a steel plant killed two workers and injured five. Workers were attempting to repair a cracked valve on a gas pipe leading to the furnace. More information |
Monday
Jan 08 |
Bryan,TX: Two men were killed and a third wounded in a shooting at a chicken processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 07 |
Himeji,Japan: Three workerswere killed and a fourth critically injured when a production machineat a steel casting plant exploded, showering them with molten metal. More information |
Saturday
Jan 06 |
Springfield,MO: A worker guildinga crane operator was killed when an air circulation unit being liftedfell, crushing him. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Everett,MA: One worker diedand two others were severely burned in an electrical substation fire. More information |
Thursday
Dec 21 |
Detroit, MI: A worker was killed when a hole being dug around a ruptured sewer pipe collapsed, tipping over a bulldozer. The bucket of the dozer hit the worker. Another worker and two firefighters were also injured. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Jianda, China: Four people were killed and 13 injured when liquid ammonia leaked from a tanker truck. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Palgar, India : Five workers died from burns in a fire following an explosion at a pharmaceutical factory. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
Bucks City, PA: A worker found in cardiac arrest and floating in a tank of caustic stripper later died. More information |
Monday
Dec 11 |
Derry, N.H.: A worker helping to set up a crane on the roof of a local plant died when part of the crane came crashing down, knocking him to the ground and then landing on him. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Hongren Village, China: Eleven people were confirmed dead after an explosion at a fireworks factory. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Ourimbah, UK: A gasoline tanker carrying more than 9,500 gallons of fuel overturned, crushing a car before exploding. Two people were killed. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Monticello, AR : An explosion at a boat-building plant left three workers injured and one dead. The blast blew a hole in the plants 30-foot ceiling. More information |
Friday
Dec 01 |
Atlas Cove, Lagos: At least 50 people were killed in a pipeline explosion. More information |
Monday
Nov 27 |
Grenda, MS: A worker atan air conditioning components plant shot a shift supervisor to death. The workers wife,who also worked at the plant, was also shot and killed. The worker then killed himself. More information |
Saturday
Nov 25 |
Narsingdi, Bangladesh:A fire caused a stampede in a garment factory killing at least 45 people, many of themwomen and children. More information |
Thursday
Nov 23 |
Red Lake, Ontario: Aworker was killed in a surface accident at a newly opened gold mining operation. More information |
Friday
Nov 17 |
Johannesburg, South Africa:Eleven workers died in a fire at a chemical plant specializing in floor polish. Theplants owner was later arrested on suspicion that the factory doors had been locked. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Allentown, PA: A12-count indictment was returned against the president of a chemical plant that was thescene of a February 1999 explosion that killed five. More information |
Saturday
Nov 04 |
Osun State, Nigeria: More than 100 people were killed when a gasoline tanker burst into flames after crashing into a line of cars waiting on road repairs. More information |
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